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Why not? Why in this case is it acceptable to make decisions on non-statistically significant data? You would exercise more rigour than that in a throwaway A/B
by jstanley 9y ago
Why not?
Why in this case is it acceptable to make decisions on non-statistically significant data? You would exercise more rigour than that in a throwaway A/B test.
- jazoom 9y agoSame reason clinical trials stop early if someone dies. It might just be bad luck. Unfortunately we'll never know and that drug might never be tested again. It might have been an amazing drug. In this case, based on how it played out, I personally wouldn't want Uber's self-driving cars near me.
- tedsanders 9y agoIt is statistically significant, at a 0.03 level: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16655081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16655081
- jstanley 9y agoExcellent